California State University, Long Beach participates in the CSU SPSS License. It is an annual subscription coordinated by Academic Technology Services. The SPSS license use agreement period is July 1 through June 30 of each year.

Faculty and staff are eligible to install and use SPSS on their campus and home computers. This software can only be installed on personally owned computers used primarily for CSULB business in addition to university owned computers.

Alert

Software install always requires administrative privileges of which you may not have on your university owned computers. Please contact your division, department or college technologist for assistance.

Product Details

SPSS 18 and SPSS 19 for Windows and Macintosh will be supported in 2011-2012.

Likewise, SPSS AMOS 18 and AMOS 19 for Windows will be supported in 2011-2012.

Earlier versions of SPSS and AMOS have been discontinued.

Students

Students are not eligible to install SPSS on their personal computers. Students can use the software wherever it is installed on campus-owned computers such as the campus computer labs.

Students can lease or purchase SPSS through the University Computer Store or via the SPSS website. Before buying an SPSS student version, compare the lease options at www.e-academy.com . Students can download and install Minitab or SAS (also available at the Library Reserve Desk) from CSULB Software Depot as these are licensed for student use.